On Wednesday, Representative Tulsi Gabbard told reporters that regardless of what President Trump has done, impeachment would be "too divisive" for our country, and not the proper way to remove a president who was elected by the people in 2016. This sentiment has been echoed by Republicans as well.
“Look, Donald Trump is corrupt — he is unfit to serve our country as president...” she told The Hill. “I just think it’s so important for our country to be able to move forward to bridge these divides that it be the American people that make this decision.”
The idea that Americans need to wait until 2020 to make a decision overlooks one important fact: Americans already made a decision- in 2018. Citizens were so fed up with President Trump they elected a Democratic congress to guard the constitution and provide oversight on the executive branch.
That is exactly what is happening now. Impeachment is part of our system of oversight. When President Trump was elected with 3 million fewer votes than Hillary Clinton in a very divisive 2016 presidential race, did anyone make a serious argument for the results to be set aside due to the "divisiveness" it caused? No, Democrats were reminded that the electoral college is part of our system, and we would have to abide by it and do something about it within the system...which again we did, in 2018.
We elected this congress to provide oversight and reign in a lawless president. If Gabbard or Republicans feel this is going to upset Trump supporters, they can campaign on that in 2020. But the idea that congress should not do its job, that they should not provide oversight because the outcome won't be embraced by all Americans collectively, is beyond absurd.
We might as well never have elections again since, you know, the results may be divisive.